Canada’s Cancer Bats ~ Scott Middleton (Guitar), Liam Cormier (Vocals), Mike Peters (Drums), Jaye R. Schwarzer (Bass) ~ will be back on the road in the US, performing new cuts from their upcoming album, Searching For Zero, this March! The tour kicks off on March 15th in Detroit and runs through March 28th ~ […]

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Unlocking the Truth is a young metal band from Brooklyn, New York, who write and create their own lyrics and music.  The founding band members are Malcolm Brickhouse (electric guitar) and Jarad Dawkins (drums). In March of 2012, Unlocking the Truth competed on Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater (aka Tears of Blood ~ watch the video HERE) and made it to the Show-Off Round, […]

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  Austin, TX based FEATHERS will perform two shows at this year’s SXSW festival.  The first on Friday at the Fader Fort at 1:30pm followed by a performance on Saturday night March 15th at the Switched On Moog Showcase (featuring Gary Numan) at 10:30pm. The group released their latest EP, Only One, on January 13th, 2014, right in front of embarking […]

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  Ron Campbell, Beatles’ Yellow Submarine Animator & Beatles Saturday Morning TV Cartoon Series Director To Make Rare Live Appearance During SXSW ~ Painting, Exhibiting, and Talking Cartoons ~ at “Wild About Music” on 6th Street Near Congress in Austin, Saturday, March 8th – Saturday, March 15th Legendary Animator/Director Will Be Exhibiting His Original Beatles Cartoon […]

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Powered By Geeklist, First-Ever Artist-Focused Hackathon Takes Place Wednesday, March 12 at Capitol Factory in Austin, TX Slash, Bram Cohen (BitTorrent) and Ben Parr (DominateFund) Will Judge Hacks Onsite at Music Week in Austin During SXSW 2014   The Grammy-winning, iconic guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Slash is heading to music week in […]

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 The Falls Announce Worldwide Deal With Universal Music Group’s Verve Records  Debut EP Into The Fire Out February 18th ~ Nylon Magazine Premieres Title Track as Free Download  Delta Rae Tour + SXSW Confirmed Universal Music Group’s Verve Records is proud to announce the signing of acclaimed Australian duo The Falls. Verve’s Chairman David Foster […]

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 Alan Balamut joins Rivers of Nihil as new drummer Rivers of Nihil have announced a handful of dates leading up to the Best in Brutality Tour with Broken Hope, Oceano, Fallujah, and Kublai Khan. Rivers of Nihil will begin this new campaign in support of The Conscious Seed of Light in Fayetteville, NC on March 10th […]

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New Single “Point Blank” Coming Soon! Psycho groovy rockers The Vim Dicta are bringing their electrifying live show to the East Coast in May. They’ll play Pianos in NYC on Monday, May 13.  Tickets are $7 and the band takes the stage at 9:00pm. The Vim Dicta will also play sets at Matchless in Williamsburg (Wednesday, May […]

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In support of their critically acclaimed sophomore release Deathlike, which the New York Times described as “entrancingly powerful” while comparing its “churning, dark, skeletal songs” to “Metallica’s late-career balladry and the folky grunge of Alice in Chains,” the Texas-based dark acoustic group Ancient VVisdom have announced a new batch of spring tour dates, which will […]

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Band Named One of the Top Acts to Catch at SXSW by Esquire Magazine “Post-Modern Southern Gothic Soul…couldn’t be a more perfect description for the haunting, jaggedy edge of their tunes” ~ PopMatters WATCH MY JERUSALEM’S “MONO” More About My Jerusalem Austin’s finest “post modern southern gothic soul” band have returned with a brand new video for their single […]

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American Fangs, In De Goot Entertainment’s latest rock discovery, are set to release their self-titled debut album on In De Goot Recordings via RED Distribution on May 14th. The Houston quintet’s hotly anticipated full length album is set to deliver eleven tunes that will bring out your inner rock star, punch you in the face with guitars, […]

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By Jane Croft Bajofondo’s album Presente  is now available through Sony Masterworks.  That’s your cue to rejoice, world.  This band creates music that bleeds passion, with jabs of shocking funk scattered throughout.  It’s amazing. Presente is Bajofondo as you’ve never heard it before. The band creates the contemporary sound of the Rio de La Plata, […]

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Band Will Headline Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago, Sasquatch!, Electric Forest and Kanrocksas   Electronic pioneers Empire of the Sun are back with their second album, Ice On The Dune, set for worldwide release in June 2013. Astralwerks will release the record in the United States. In this new installment of the Empire of the Sun saga, […]

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By Jane Croft UK’s Scanners just released their Mexico EP with Dim Mak Records and it’s so authentically soulful that it leaves you feeling vulnerable and craving more of the emotional connection they provide.  They’re great singers, great musicians, but there is some element of crazy empathy in their songs that makes you wonder if […]

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Listen to “The Game Is Changing Us” via MTV Hive or SoundCloud Watch Synesthesia Album Trailer via YouTube “The band blends thumping bass, esoteric guitar riffs, frenetic drumming and soaring, looping vocals to get staid indie rockers moving.” ~ Time  “If you’re a fan of Hot Chip or Tanlines, this is your band to follow in 2013.” ~ Stereogum […]

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  Three Days of Music Showcases to Take Place In Austin, TX During SXSW 2013   Live Performances By The Skins, Shepard Fairey (Dj Set), Skylar Grey, Hands, Caldwell and More Adrian Grenier today announced WreckroomTX ~ three days of live music showcases he personally curated to take place next week in Austin, Texas during South By Southwest […]

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  Artifact, Documentary Chronicling The Band’s Battle with EMI, Will Be Screened March 13  New Single “Up In The Air” Premieres Worldwide March 18 WHAT: Like South by Southwest® (SXSW®), award-winning band Thirty Seconds To Mars inhabits the space where music, film and emerging technologies converge. Musician, actor, director and entrepreneur Jared Leto will share his experience […]

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    Chaos Chaos, the new project of Asy and Chloe, formerly of the band Smoosh, released their new EP S this past fall to critical acclaim. S received praise from Nylon, Bust, IFC, Interview Magazine, Lucky Magazine, Magnet and more. The duo has been hard at work writing songs for their upcoming full-length debut out […]

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…And Marks North American Presence with SXSW Showcase and New Releases By Frank Turner, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun and More Frank Turner’s Tape Deck Heart Out This April Via Xtra Mile/Interscope Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun On Tour Now with Dropkick Murphys, New Single “England’s Dead” Out Now On iTunes Popular London-based […]

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By Jane Croft New York’s MS MR is quenching our thirst for good house/soul fuzz/electroshock music with the release of their debut album, Secondhand Rapture, due out on May 14 on Columbia Records.  It’s time to throw the switch on the fog machine, grab your glow jewelry, and mingle your way into the musical mist […]

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Minneapolis gypsy-rock band Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles are excited to announce their upcoming tour dates this March, including two shows they will be performing at SXSW this year. The band will be playing the First Avenue/89.3 The Current showcase at Holy Mountain on March 15 and the Doritos Bold Stage on March 16 […]

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“If Jimi Hendrix and Skrillex had a musical baby, “Poppin’ Off” would be their bass-heavy, soulful child.” ~ WKTU “Was that Ray Charles?” Nope. “Well, if he were alive today, Ray-Ray would be all over that.” ~ MetroJolt “Combining a Stax sound with the dirtiness of bass music, the Atlanta collective has revolutionized an already revolutionary aesthetic.” ~The Untz […]

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“The spirited don’t-define-me sound of Grandchildren is drifting and meditative in its cinematic splendor and filled with sudden, unexpected right turns that surprise and delight.” ~ Spinner “[Grandchildren’s] glowing indie-electro-rock will warm your rain-chilled soul and soften your summer heat-hardened heart” ~ WXPN Ernest Jenning Recording Co. is excited to announce that Grandchildren will release […]

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By Jane Croft Avan Lava is rising up from the intoxicating, gritty, inspirational streets of New York City to being us their incredibly hot super pop sounds.  New York Magazine’s The Cut  is calling them “Fashion’s Music Act of the Moment,” which only begins to tell the story of much potential this group has ~ and […]

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First Copy of Single Travels from Cape Canaveral to International Space Station in SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule  “Up In The Air” Set For March 19 Release Thirty Seconds To Mars’ new single “Up In The Air” will be launched into space tomorrow: the band members will be in Florida to watch the launch of the second […]

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  Music For Cars, the third in a series of EPs from Manchester natives The 1975, is currently premiering in full at RollingStone.com a week prior to its official release via Vagrant Records in the U.S. The EP’s single “Chocolate” recently peaked at Number One on the Hype Machine charts ~with an accompanying music video that […]

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  Reprise Records’ multi-platinum Grammy®Award-winning Green Day today announced three live club dates to kick off their 2013 tour next month. For these shows, the band will visit smaller intimate venues, including The Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on March 10th, The Marquee in Tempe, AZ on March 11th and Tricky Falls in El Paso, […]

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 “Alt-J is a quirky band that, over the past few months, has found its way to the top of my listening pile and is now my favorite album of the year.  I’m not alone.” ~ NPR, Bob Boilen UK-based rock band Alt-J are excited to announce additional tour dates along their spring tour of the United […]

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Hot off the heels of their debut 7”, Dead Air, Creative Adult have announced March tour dates and performances at this year’s SXSW.  This April, the band will release their follow up EP, Bulls in the Yard, on Run for Cover Records.  The album takes the band further down the vibing, manic path of their debut and wanders […]

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Conquistador, the LA-based musician and artist, attacks again with the contagious, psych-pop hit “I’m Alive,” which was premiered by PopMatters. Check it out here. Elaborating upon his trippy persona, Conquistador enters a new realm of intoxicating glam electro. He recently released a video that won this year’s Machinima Interactive Film Fest and was an MTVU […]

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LA rock quartet Dawes are excited to announce their upcoming tour of independent record stores throughout the U.S. As the band’s way of showing appreciation to supportive indie retail and their devoted fans, Dawes will be traveling the country performing songs off Stories Don’t End, their forthcoming album, in the most intimate of settings. The […]

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By Jane Roycroft Coming at us from Valencia, the economic hub of Venezuela where industry is high and the temps are hot and heavy, is a crazy cool garage rock band, HolySexyBastards (HSB).  Their self-titled debut release album, available now on ITunes and Amazon, not only rocks out loudly and proudly, but is responsible for […]

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Full Album Streaming Via Exclaim! Magazine Bushcraft, the debut LP from Baptists, Vancouver’s most explosive band, is out now worldwide via Southern Lord. While the band’s initial 7” immediately turned heads scene-wide, Bushcraft is ripping them right off. Recorded with Kurt Ballou at his Godcity Studio, the album showcases the band’s creed of destruction through […]

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  Atlas Genius Performs on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” Tonight, 2/19 “Symptoms” Is iTunes Single Of The Week Sold-Out Tour With Imagine Dragons Underway With Headline Tour To Follow   When It Was Now (Warner Bros. Records), the full-length debut from Atlas Genius, is out today. Brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery wrote, recorded and produced the album at a studio […]

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The Zombies, one of the first and most influential of the first wave of bands to hit the U.S. during the British Invasion of the 1960s, are scheduled to make multiple appearances at this year’s South By Southwest music conference, taking place in Austin, Texas from March 12 through March 17. This will be the […]

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Currently on tour with The Who, acclaimed new band Vintage Trouble will spend most of 2013 on the road performing songs from their acclaimed debut album The Bomb Shelter Sessions. Beginning on March 1 in Pittsburgh, PA, the band will embark on a short headline run before SXSW and a performance at this year’s Coachella. […]

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